john roe

Next year the last operational DC-6 will be visiting Australia. The aircraft will be doing joyflights from every major city in Australia for $250 and will offer intercity flights from $250 from SYD-CBR and up to $1700 from PER-DRW. http://www.yesteryearaviation.com.au/index.htm Report and link courtesy of "Scott"

Thurs 8th: Etihad, ETD Fl 461, Crossed north of Jurien Bay, ( 66.4 NM east of YPPH )( 81.4 NM north of YPPH ). Altitude Fl 330 ( 33000 Ft) Speed 491 Kts, Tracking at 316.5 degrees. Airbus A 346, ( A340- 642XHGW ), Reg A6- EHL. Time 0013 Hrs. ( Melbourne to Abu-Dhabi ) (MEL - AUH ). --------------------------------------------------------------- Qatar, Fl QTR 031, Crossed north of Jurien Bay, ( 62.6 NM east of YPPH )( 79.2 NM north of YPPH ). Altitude Fl 300 (30000 Ft), Speed 530 Kts, Tracking at 309.7 degrees. Boeing B77L ( B777- 2DZLR ), Reg A7- BBF. Time 0017 Hrs. ( Melbourne to Doha )( MEL - DOH ). ---------------------------------------

Wed 7th: Qatar, Fl QTR 031, Crossed south of Windy Harbour, ( 179.1 NM south of YPPH ). Altitude Fl 340 ( 34000 Ft), Speed 550 Kts, Tracking at 312.4 degrees. Boeing B77L ( B777- 2DZLR ), Reg A7- BBE. Time 0005 Hrs. ( Melbourne to Doha ) ( MEL - DOH ).. -------------------------------------------------------------------- V-Australia, Fl VAU16, Crossed overhead of YPPH . Altitude Fl 370 ( 37000 Ft), Speed 497 Kts, Tracking at 97.9 degrees. Boeing B77W ( B777- 3ZGER ), Reg VH- VPD. Time 1235 Hrs. ( Johannesberg to Melbourne ). ( Excelent Visual and Audio with a nice Contrail ). ------------------------------------------------------------------ Emirates UAE Fl 407, Crossed north of Jurien Bay, ( 45.5 NM North East of YPPH )( 66.7 NM North of YPPH ). Altitude Fl 316 ,( 31600 Ft), Speed 493 Kts, Tracking at 316.2 degrees. Airbus A 345, ( A340-541 ), Reg A6- ERI. Time 2305 Hrs. ( Auckland to Dubai via Melbourne )( AKL-MEL-DXB ). -----------------------------------------------------------

Tues 6th: Emirates UAE Fl 406, Crossed just south of Dongara, ( 163.4 NM north of YPPH ). Altitude Fl 390 ( 39000 Ft) Speed 581 Kts, Tracking at 116.0 degrees. Airbus A 345, ( A340-541 ), Reg A6- ERC. Time 0037 Hrs. ( Dubai to Auckland via Melbourne ). ( Listening to Fl 406 on Melbourne Centre 125.20 Mz) ------------------------------------------------------------ V-Australia VAU15 not detected this morning over any land or just south of Albany in the Southern Ocean, also not shown on the Melbourne Outbound International Radar ?. -------------------------------------- Emirates UAE Fl 407, Crossed south of Windy Harbour, ( 156.3 NM south of YPPH ). Altitude Fl 330 ( 33000 Ft) Speed 539 Kts, Tracking at 313.0 degrees. NW. Airbus A 345, ( A340-541 ), Reg A6- ERC. Time 2246 Hrs. ( Auckland to Dubai via Melbourne ). ( AKL-MEL-DBX ) ------------------------------------------------------------- Etihad, ETD Fl 461, Crossed south of Windy Harbour, ( 147.8 NM south of YPPH ). Altitude Fl 340 ( 34000 Ft) Speed 545 Kts, Tracking at 313.2 degrees. Airbus A 345, ( A340-541 ), Reg A6- EHD. Time 2347 Hrs. ( Melbourne to Abu-Dhabi )( MEL-AUH ). -----------------------------------------------------------

Mon 5th: Emirates UAE Fl 406, Crossed over Margeret River , ( NM north of YPPH ). Altitude Fl 390 ( 39000 Ft) Speed 566 Kts, Tracking at 97.4 degrees. Airbus A 345, ( A340-541 ), Reg A6- ERF. Time 0052 Hrs. ( Dubai to Auckland via Melbourne ). --------------------------------------------------------------- Air Austral, Fl REU 771, Crossed overhead of YPPH . Altitude Fl 370 ( 37000 Ft), Speed "0" Kts, Tracking at "0"degrees. Boeing B772 ( B777-2Q8ER ), Reg F- OPAR. Time 1201Hrs. (Approx ) ( Paris to Noumea via Reunion Island and Sydney ). ----------------------------------------------------------------------

it has been around for a while, not accurate as SBS or PP, it works off Plane Plotter and is delayed by 20 seconds...

Sun 4th: V-Australia, Fl VAU16, Crossed north of Mandurah, ( 35,3 NM south of YPPH ). Altitude Fl 370 ( 37000 Ft), Speed 550.6 Kts, Tracking at 99.6 degrees. Boeing B77W ( B777- 3ZGER ), Reg VH- VPE. Time 1213 Hrs. ( Johannesberg to Melbourne ). ------------------------------------------------------------------

Sat 3rd: Emirates UAE Fl 406, Crossed well north of Geraldton, ( 209.2 NM north of YPPH ). Altitude Fl 390 ( 39000 Ft) Speed 537.9 Kts, Tracking at 115.6 degrees. Airbus A 345, ( A340-541 ), Reg A6- ERB. Time 0036 Hrs. ( Dubai to Auckland via Melbourne ). -------------------------------------------------------------- V-Australia, Fl VAU15, Crossed over Margaret River, ( 140.4 NM south of YPPH ). Altitude Fl 310 ( 31000 Ft), Speed 443 Kts, Tracking at 292.0 degrees. Boeing B77W ( B777- 3ZGER ), Reg VH-VPE. Time 1106 Hrs. ( Melbourne to Johannesberg ). -----------------------------------------------------------------

Yes David C, thats good to use too, if you do not have a good Scanner, here in Perth , there is a 5 second lag with ATClive program, against the real time on the Scanner,

Read the Help file in how to set it up, depends where you live..

Hello Nari, Welcome aboard TAA as a new member and feel free to post any thing you want, and to ask anything, we are the Countrys freindliest Forum, you have come to the right Place. Well Plane Plotter is only for those interested in watching planes track across a map of any part of the world, If you do not have a SBS-S Basestation Radar, then you will pick up other persons tags on the Aircraft that you click on, that tag will tell you the Rego of the AC and its speed, height and direction, most AC show most of those details under the AC itself anyway, showing its own tag, by clicking on the AC, will mearly tell you who it is being transmitted by, for example I am in Perth Western Australia and my tag is rv, it is a cheap way of tracking and watching AC any where in the world, than buying a Basestation which is around $900.00 Plane Plotter is well worth the $40 Au to register if you are keen on AC, How many users are in australia, does not matter as the feed comes from some ones SBS Basestation, its transmitted to Scotland, and back to the PP server closest to you, depending on where you live is to whose transmission you will receive, so there you have it, feel free to ask any more Questions. By the way, love your Avitar of the old Viscount, I flew on one here in WA, 2 weeks before it failed in mid air near Pt Hedland and was destroyed many years ago..

Red Bull Air Race The Red Bull Air Race World Series features the world’s best pilots in a motor sports competition based on speed, precision and skill. Don't miss the upcoming Red Bull Air Race Perth - dates: 17 & 18 April 2010. For more information visit the Red Bull Air Race Perth website.View this channel page Any one from the East still wanting accomodation, will possibly find it hard to get now, known B&B available at $100 Per night on 0429 688 571, Perth Airport 12 mins away, buses direct to venue easy accessable. Best (non crowded ) viewing on the North side of river near the Langley Park Air Strip, short walk. http://www.westernaustralia.com/redbullairrace/Pages/Red_Bull_Air_Race.aspx

STS 131 Discovery: All systems are go for this Mondays launch of Discovery to the ISS, weather for the next 2 weeks is all very favorable, even for the landing on Sunday 18th, all USA and Overseas Emergency landing sites all have favorable weather as well. Details: Date: April 5 Mission: STS-131 Launch Vehicle: Space Shuttle Discovery Launch Site: Kennedy Space Center - Launch Pad 39A Launch Time: 6:21 a.m. EDT Landing Date and Time: April 18 - 8:29 a.m. EDT + Description: Space shuttle Discovery will carry a Multi-Purpose Logistics Module filled with science racks that will be transferred to laboratories of the International Space Station. Lanch is at USA Time 0621 EDT (Florida) Monday 5th April. Perth Time is 1821 WST. East Coast time is 2121 EST. SA/NT Time is 2051 CT. Landing in RED is subject to weather conditions, Update later. Happy live watching on Nasa TV... ------------------------------- Flight Schedule on Nasa TV of Discovery docking to ISS will be visable live on Select PDF File...... http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/mission_schedule.html All times are taken from CDT except for Physical landing at KSC, thats EST. . Docking scheduled for Wednesday 7th April at 1444 Perth Time, 1744 East Coast time, Live Space walks can be watched and found on the TV Schedule link above, add 12 hrs for WA + 3 more for East Coast, Un-docking will be Friday 16th April at Perth Time 1455, same add 3 hrs for East Coast times, De-orbit burn will be on First attempt, subject to weather at KSC, on Sunday 18th April at 1827 Perth Time plus 3 for East Coast. Landing will be at 2029 Perth Time plus 3 hrs for east Coast time., Double Sonic booms of breaking the Sound Barrier will be heard approx 4 mins to physical Touch down at KSC. Data: Space Station and Shuttle are traveling around the world every 90 mins, and at 17000 KPH or 28000 Metres per second. landing is at approx 1400 MPH ---------------------------------

An Boeing B747- 47UF, Reg N496MC, C/s GTI5451, Owned by Wells Fargo Bank of USA and operated by Atlas/Polar Air Cargo came into YPPH early Hours this morning around 0215 with Helicopters and other equipment for the forth comming Red Bull Air Race, departed around 0430 as C/s GTI5452. Red Bull AC unloaded from this Atlas/Polar AC, ready to be transported to Jandakot Airport for re assembly and testing. Pictures of thankyou by courtisy of Mir Zafriz . RED BULL Air Race in Perth April 18th and 19th... ---------------------------------

1.04.2010 Current version 5.4.7.7 NOW AVAILABLE http://www.coaa.co.uk/planeplotter.htm

Emerites Fl 420 from Dubai to Perth has changed its arrival time table a couple weeks ago from arrival at 1730 to now 2030 daily, all other services remain same,. Time table has reverted back to 1730 daily. 8/4/10

V Australia's long-haul burden V Australia's new air link to Johannesburg comes with 'baggage', writes Clive Dorman. Virgin Blue's long-haul international carrier, V Australia, launched services last week on what is believed to be the most remote air route ever flown by a twin-engine aircraft between Australia and South Africa. The Melbourne-Johannesburg route is only 10,339 kilometres - about the same as Auckland to Los Angeles - but rules governing the operation of twin-engine planes require V Australia to add more than two hours to the flight in each direction. This is to ensure that the 361-seat Boeing 777-300ER can stay within about 1500 kilometres of the nearest airport if anything goes wrong - a maximum of three hours flying on one engine if the other engine has to be shut down. Unlike the northern hemisphere, the extreme latitudes of the southern hemisphere are full of "no-go areas" for twin-engine aircraft and the V Australia 777s are required to stay out of them. If the Melbourne-Johannesburg route was operated by one of Qantas's four-engine Boeing 747-400s, which fly the 11,044 kilometres between Sydney and Johannesburg six days a week (via the so-called "great circle" route - the shortest distance), the flight would be scheduled to take about 13 hours. That's because Johannesburg-bound Qantas Boeing 747s often fly almost due south after they leave Sydney, flying over Melbourne and western Tasmania, in search of the most favourable winds. In latitudes near the South Pole, the prevailing winds, often called the "Roaring Forties" because of the latitude and the wind strength, generally come from the west at a minimum of 40 knots (74 kilometres an hour) but can be 100 knots-plus. The 747 is considered so reliable it faces few restrictions on where it is allowed to fly. The Sydney-Johannesburg "great circle" route almost touches the Antarctic Circle, passing close to the Australian territory of Heard Island. To comply with regulations for twin-engine aircraft, V Australia has to add more than two hours to the scheduled flight in each direction to keep within range of the two main airports on the way: Perth and Mauritius. At 15 hours and 15 minutes, the new V Australia service - the first between Melbourne and South Africa - will be quicker for Melbourne passengers than connecting with the Qantas service from Sydney to Johannesburg, which takes 13 hours 55 minutes, but only just. The Boeing 777-300ER, a hugely popular version of the earlier Boeing 777-300, was the first twin-engine aircraft in history to be certified with a 180-minute ETOPS (extended range twin-engine operations) allowance when it went on the market in 2005. It was certified with that allowance by the US Federal Aviation Administration, whose rules are generally followed by the Australian Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA). CASA says it's unlikely an Australian airline would ever be allowed to fly beyond the 180-minute diversion limit, even though the US authority occasionally authorises 777s flying across the North Pacific between the US and Japan to operate up to 210 minutes from the nearest airport to save fuel by avoiding strong headwinds. At the launch of the Melbourne-Johannesburg route last week, Virgin founder Sir Richard Branson announced that demand for the service was so strong that V Australia would add a third weekly service from December, when it takes delivery of its fifth 777-300. Aviation industry sources say the UN's International Civil Aviation Organisation, which is responsible for global policy governing airlines, might introduce tighter rules for twin-engine planes in the next few years because of concern that remote operating limits on both four-engine and twin-engine aircraft have already been stretched too far. Airlines love the Boeing 777 because it is about 20 per cent cheaper to operate than the four-engine 747, which it was designed to replace. In its certification program, Boeing flew the 777-300ER as far as 5½ hours from the nearest airport and it performed flawlessly. Qantas, with partner South African Airways, which flies from Johannesburg six days a week, until now has been the only carrier directly linking Australia and South Africa. Many thanks.. Article supplied by Scott Fletcher. http://www.watoday.com.au/travel/travel-news/v-australias-longhaul-burden-20100324-qwd9.html

Welcome "Erwin" to TAA, the Friendliest Forum in Australia, this section is for High Flying Aircraft, from such places as Dubai to Sydney or Melbourne Australia, are tracked by me with a SBS-1E Radar, we have many other friendly sections here in TAA, welcome aboard if you become a Member. John.

I shall reply on Scott's behalf, it was in a previous post. ( C/s MAS125, Reg 9M-MPF, Serial 27043, B744 Boeing 747-4H6, ) A daily service of either B777, or A333, comes in around 1930 and out next day at around 1630, this B774 was a one off, last time this particular B774 came to Perth was 30th Oct 2006.

Wed 31st: Emirates UAE Fl 406, Crossed just south of Fremantle, ( 11.5 NM south of YPPH ). Altitude Fl 390 ( 39000 Ft) Speed 542 Kts, Tracking at 113.3 degrees. Airbus A 345, ( A340-541 ), Reg A6- ERG. Time 0031 Hrs. ( Dubai to Auckland via Melbourne ). ------------------------------------------------------------------- V-Australia, Fl VAU16, Crossed south of Dongara, ( 146.4 NM north of YPPH ). Altitude Fl 370 ( 37000 Ft), Speed 554 Kts, Tracking at 106.8 degrees. Boeing B77W ( B777- 3ZGER ), Reg VH- VPD. Time 1147 Hrs. ( Johannesberg to Melbourne ). -------------------------------------------

April Western Australia High Flyers: Fri 2nd: Air Austral, Fl REU 771, Crossed over Swanbourne, ( 4.1 NM south of YPPH ) . Altitude Fl 370 ( 37000 Ft), Speed "0" Kts, Tracking at "0" Approx 108.4 degrees. Boeing B772 ( B777-2Q8ER ), Reg F- OPAR. Time 0100 Hrs. ( Paris to Noumea via Reunion Island and Sydney ). ( RUN-SYD-NOU ) --------------------------------------

Tues 30th: V-Australia, Fl VAU15, (Crossed some where about 1045). Altitude Fl 310 ( 31000 Ft), Speed 445.4 Kts, Tracking at 294.0 degrees. Boeing B77W ( B777- 3ZGER ), Reg VH- VPD. Time 1046 Hrs. ( Melbourne to Johannesberg ). (Not visually detected by Radar due to Transponder malfunction ). -------------------------------------------------------------------- Air Austral Fl 772 flew overhead YPPH at 1515 and left a contrail over 150 NM long, PLUS, still visable 25 mins later. will load data and pics later... Air Austral, Fl REU 772, Crossed overhead of YPPH . Altitude Fl 340 ( 34000 Ft ), Speed 450.9 Kts, Tracking at 296.3 degrees. Boeing B772, ( B777-2Q8ER ), Reg F- OMAY. Time 1523 Hrs. ( Noumea to Paris via Sydney and Reunion Island ). (Unbelieveable contrail from Horizion to Horizon, estimated to be 200 NM long, lasted for over 50 mins before some dispersing, some still visable at 1610 ) ( Pics will be uploaded soon ) Above ( Overhead of YPPH ) Above (Contrail overhead YPPH, 15 mins after ) Above ( view from the east of YPPH ) 30 mins after 1st sighting. Above (view of Western horizion ) 35 mins after 1st sighting ) ------------------------------------------------------------

Malaysian Airlines are running a B747 into YPPH tonight. C/s MAS125, Reg 9M-MPF, Serial 27043, B744 Boeing 747-4H6, Est Arrival 1915. Appoligies to correct Mr Scott Fletcher, It was the same Aircraft 9M-MPF, Dep time was suppost to be 1625, it departed slightly late at 1637, I was there at the Domestic spotters spot first, and also photographed her airborn over Tonkin/Leach Hwy off Rwy 21 at 1642.

Mon 28th: Etihad, ETD Fl 450, Crossed just south of YPPH, ( 21.5 NM south of YPPH ). Altitude Fl 370 ( 37000 Ft), Speed 551 Kts, Tracking at 101.4 degrees. Airbus A 346, ( A340-642HGW ), Rego A6- EHI. Time 0042 Hrs. ( Abu-Dhabi to Sydney ). -----------------------------------------------------------------es UAE Fl 406, Crossed north of Jurien Bay, ( 138.7 NM north of YPPH ). Altitude Fl 390 ( 39000 Ft) Speed 567 Kts, Tracking at 108.1 degrees. Airbus A 345, ( A340-541 ), Reg A6- ERG. Time 0052 Hrs. ( Dubai to Auckland via Melbourne ). ---------------------------------------------------------------- Air Austral, Fl REU 771, Crossed overhead of YPPH . Altitude Fl 370 ( 37000 Ft), Speed 533Kts, Tracking at 100.5 degrees. Boeing B772 ( B777-2Q8ER ), Reg F- OMAY. Time 1047 Hrs. ( Paris to Noumea via Reunion Island and Sydney ). (RUN-SYD-NOU )( Very Visable and Audible ). -------------------------------------------------------------------

Hey DARREN,if you was there, where's all the "Click" "click" pics to share with us all, EEhHHHHH ?????